Jeffery Dahmer was born May 21st 1960 and, had by all accounts, a relatively standard childhood but “he became withdrawn and uncommunicative as he got older” (Crime Museum). “He began showing little to no interest in hobbies or social interaction around the ages of 10 to 15” (Crime Museum). Around the same time, he started to become interested in odd things such as dead animals, and by the time he reached high school he became heavily involved in drinking and it began to affect his school work and attendance (Crime Museum). Due to this behavior with drinking continuing even after he was through with school, “His father made him enlist in the army, but he was kicked out due to alcoholism” (Crime Museum).
Dahmer’s drinking continued when he …show more content…
While inside the home, Edwards was forced into the bedroom by Dahmer with a butcher knife. During the struggle, Edwards was able to get free and escape out into the streets where he flagged down a police car” (Crime Museum). Thank God the officer believed this young man, and went into Dahmer’s house to investigate (Crime Museum). He found gruesome photos on the wall, dissected appendages, and the knife that he used to lure in Edwards (Crime Museum). After his arrest, officers did a further investigation and found “a severed head in the refrigerator, three more severed heads in the apartment, multiple photographs of victims and human remains and more human remains in his refrigerator. It was later assumed that he practiced necrophilia and cannibalism. A total of seven skulls were found in his apartment as well as a human heart in the freezer. An altar was also constructed with candles and human skulls in his closet” (Crime Museum).
Dahmer was charged with seventeen murders, but after a he tried to plead not guilty with an insanity plea, he was convicted of fifteen murders and received life terms for each one (Crime Museum). He was “beaten to death on November 28, 1994” (Crime